The bear tossed and turned and still he couldn't sleep. He went out to see the moon but the sun was there again. Then he went out to see the sun, but there was the moon. Slowly he went out less and he started to dream about springtime. He tossed less and turned only a few times. He thought he didn't sleep much, but Morpheus gave him a very long bear hug that caused a blissful sleep after all.

Nice ending.... But in the actual story, the bear finally falls asleep while he's listening to Santa Claus singing or humming or something like that. I'll have to check the details before I illustrate that part.... :)

A Beginner's Guide to Etegami

what is etegami?

Etegami (e= "picture"; tegami= "letter/message") are simple drawings accompanied by a few apt words. They are usually done on postcards so that they can be easily mailed off to one's friends. Though etegami has few hard-and-fast rules, traditional tools and materials include writing brushes, sumi ink, blocks of water-soluble, mineral-based pigments called gansai, and washi postcards that have varying degrees of "bleed." They often depict some ordinary item from everyday life, especially items that bring a particular season to mind.